Library Information

Texas Tech University (TTU)

Library Details
    General Information
  • Number of Branch Locations: 2
  • Library Hours Per Week: 130
  • Visitors to the Library Per Week: 72,038
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    Electronic Services
  • Documents are Digitized by Staff
  • Reference Services Available by Email and/or Web
  • Technology Available to Assist with Disabilities (TDD, Specially Equipped Work Stations,...)
 
Staff Information
Total Staff191
Number of Full-Time Librarians54
Other Professional Staff10
All Other Paid Staff70
Student Assistants57
Collection Types
Books and Materials
Added During the School Year45,533
Held at the End of the Year2,524,022
 
Electronic Books & Material (E-Books)
Added During the School Year989
Held at the End of the Year21,989
 
Microforms
Added During the School Year30,775
Held at the End of the Year2,375,049
 
Audio Visual (AV)
Added During the School Year1,864
Held at the End of the Year88,706
 
Serial Subscriptions
Added During the School Year15,828
Held at the End of the Year42,518
 
Electronic Reference Sources and Aggregation Services
Added During the School Year31
Held at the End of the Year221
Services
Interlibrary Loans and Documents
Loans Provided26,612
Returnable21,023
Non-Returnable5,589
 
Loans Received22,025
Returnable7,708
Non-Returnable14,155
Documents Received From Commercial Services162
 
Library Circulation Transactions
General Circulation175,787
Reserve Circulation2,689
Reference Transactions (Per Week)660
 
Library Sponsored Presentations
Number of Presentations438
Total Attendance at All Presentations8,817
Expenditures
Library Staff Salary, Wages and Benefits
Total Salaries$4,891,411
Librarians and Professional Staff$2,687,812
Other Paid Staff$1,554,195
Student Assistants$649,404
Employee Fringe Benefits$1,351,466
 
Library Material and Operating Expenditures
Total Expenditures$10,157,834
Books and Materials$1,466,427
Audio Visual (AV)$50,960
Serial Subscriptions$4,754,518
Electronic Serial Subscriptions$1,297,687
Document Delivery / Interlibrary Loan$78,075
Maintaining and Preserving Archival Material$70,813
Computer Hardware and Software$963,135
Bibliographic Utilities, Network, Consortia$283,993
Other Expenditures for Information Resources$58,840
Other Operating Expenditures$1,133,386
 
Source: NCES Academic Libraries - FY 2006